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The 2010 Copiapó mining accident began as a cave-in on 5 August 2010 at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile.The accident left 33 men trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) below ground who survived underground for a record 69 days.
That's what a miner needs after being trapped underground for more than two months. ... sunglasses to the 33 Chilean mine workers who were being pulled to the surface Wednesday after 69 days stuck ...
The mine company does not attempt to rescue the miners, and their families gather outside the gates of the mine. The Chilean government intervenes and orders the use of drilling to reach the trapped miners. The first few boreholes miss their target, but eventually, a successful one reaches the rescue chamber. The miners attach a note to the ...
Five years ago today, all 33 of the Chilean miners who were trapped for 69 days in a cave in northern Chile were rescued. The world watched with bated breath as the last of the miners was pulled up.
It blocked all possible escape routes for the 33 miners trapped at 2,300 feet (700 m). After 69 days, all 33 miners were rescued. November 19, 2010: Pike River Mine disaster in New Zealand. At 3:45 pm, the coal mine exploded. 29 men underground died immediately, or shortly afterwards, from the blast or from the toxic atmosphere.
Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark reality Mayeni Jones in Johannesburg & Khanyisile Ngcobo in London - BBC News January 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident occurred when the San Jose Mine near to Copiapó, Chile, collapsed, leaving 32 miners of Chilean nationality and one Bolivian miner trapped inside about 700 metres (over 2000 feet) below the surface. The men were trapped in the mine for 69 days before being rescued. [1]
Police say that shows they can come out. But a spokesman for the Mining Affected Communities United in Action group, which is representing the miners and their families, said the miners who did escape undertook a treacherous days-long journey underground to a different shaft, and many are too weak to do that.